Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 98William Blackwood, 1865 - England |
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... reason why you ought to go out into the world ; and I don't see , for my part , that it matters whether it is pleasant or not . To practise scales all day long is anything but pleasant , but then one has to do it , you know . I don't ...
... reason why you ought to go out into the world ; and I don't see , for my part , that it matters whether it is pleasant or not . To practise scales all day long is anything but pleasant , but then one has to do it , you know . I don't ...
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... reason , was not in the plot . She stood apart and scowled , as well as she knew how , upon the intruder . " I suppose , papa , " said Rose , " Mr Cavendish wished to hear Barbara sing , and she has been 12 [ July , Miss Marjoribanks ...
... reason , was not in the plot . She stood apart and scowled , as well as she knew how , upon the intruder . " I suppose , papa , " said Rose , " Mr Cavendish wished to hear Barbara sing , and she has been 12 [ July , Miss Marjoribanks ...
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... reason I have never been able to understand how peo- ple have courage to go in mask to a ball , and endure all the imper- tinences to which the disguise ex- poses them . Surely there is no throwing off one's identity by the mere ...
... reason I have never been able to understand how peo- ple have courage to go in mask to a ball , and endure all the imper- tinences to which the disguise ex- poses them . Surely there is no throwing off one's identity by the mere ...
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... reason that , diplo- matically , the victory exercised enormous influence . Except tak- ing Brieg the armies remained quiet , the Austrians about Neisse , the Prussians in camp at Strehlen . But the diplomatic world was un- usually busy ...
... reason that , diplo- matically , the victory exercised enormous influence . Except tak- ing Brieg the armies remained quiet , the Austrians about Neisse , the Prussians in camp at Strehlen . But the diplomatic world was un- usually busy ...
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... reason to suspect the existence of a design hostile to Prussia on the part of Austria , Rus- sia , and Saxony ... reasons , in September 1756 , he began the Seven Years ' War D 50 ons . Carlyle's Frederick the Great . by marching 1865 ...
... reason to suspect the existence of a design hostile to Prussia on the part of Austria , Rus- sia , and Saxony ... reasons , in September 1756 , he began the Seven Years ' War D 50 ons . Carlyle's Frederick the Great . by marching 1865 ...
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